Ticket holder



Jime 10, 1930. A. E. SORENSON 1,763,484

TICKET HOLDER Filed April 23. 1929 INVENTOR. Arf/w/E Sb/6060f? BYW ATTORNL? Y.

Patented June 10, 1930 UNITED STATES ARTHUR E. SORENSON, OF AURORA,NEBRASKA TICKET HOLDER Application filed April 23,

The object of this invention is to provide a check or ticket holdingdevice wherein checks or tickets of the type used by railway conductors,waiters, hat checkers, etc., may be securely retained therein, andreadily removed therefrom, and automatically adjustable means wherebysaid holding device is adapted to retain clamped therein a plurality ofchecks or tickets, the number of which varies depending upon how many ofsaid checks or tickets are removed therefrom or inserted therein.

Other objects of this invention are to provide a check or ticket holdingdevice, that is small in size and hence easily carried, durableefficient and foolproof.

A preferred embodiment of this invention is shown in the accompanyingdrawing wherein V.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the ticket holding device.

Figure 2 is a sectional view of the same taken on lines 22, of Figure 1,and looking in the direction of the arrows.

The ticket holder consists of two pressed, or otherwise formed, metalretaining mem bers 1 and 1, each comprising a curved top 2, side walls 3and rear wall 4. Disposed within each of the retaining members 1 and 1'is a partition or base plate 5, said plate 5 being secured to the innersurfaces of the walls 3 and 4 in any desired manner, as for example bysoldering or welding, and pos1- tioned parallel to the lower edges ofsaid walls. It is to be noted that the front edge of the base plate 5,shown in dotted lines in Figure 1, coincides with the front edge 2 ofthe curved top 2, and is secured thereto in the manner mentioned above.

Rigidly secured to the sidewalls 3 of the retaining members 1 and 1, andoppositely disposed with respect to each other, aresemicylindricalmembers 6, the purpose of which is to be hereinafterdescribed, having closed tops 7 in substantial alignment with the top 2of each of said retaining members, said semi-cylindrical membersextending to the bottom edge of said side walls 3. The semicylindricalmembers 6 are secured to the side 50 walls 3 in the manner as notedabove, and

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define with said walls tubular sockets 8, each of which tubular sockets8 are provided with rounded corners 8.

The two retaining members 1 and 1 are oppositely disposed with the baseplates 5 facing each other, and are permanently connected together bymeans of the tension coil springs 9 positioned within the tubularsockets 8, the ends of said coil springs 9 being rigidly secured to thetops 7 of the tubular sockets 8, as at 10, in any desired manner.

The checks or tickets 11 are positioned in said retaining membersbetween the base plates 5 and the free portions of the side walls 3 andrear walls 4 and are clamped to- H gether by means of the coil springs 9which are placed under tension when a plurality of checks or tickets areplaced in the holder. As the tickets are removed one by one theremaining tickets are still retained in position by the coil springs 9.

To facilitate carrying of the ticket holder, a chain 12 is provided, theends of which are centrally attached to the rear walls 4 of theretaining members 1 and 1 in any desired manner, as at 13. Carried bythe chain 12 is a ring 14 having a smaller swivel socket ring 15connected thereon, and through which swivel socket ring 15 the chain 12is adapted to pass. 3

It is to be understood that the ticket holder shown on the accompanyingdrawing and described above is only a preferred embodiment thereof, andthat the same is susceptible of various changes and modifications ,3within the scope of the appended claim.

Having described this invention, what is claimed as new and is desiredto secure by Letters Patent is 9 In a ticket holding device of thecharacter described, a pair of oppositely disposed retaining members,each of u said retaining members comprising a curved top, side walls anda rear wall, a base plate positioned within each of said retainingmembers and arranged paralled with the free edges of said walls, thefront edge of said base plate coinciding with the front edge of thecurved top, a tubular socket rigidly attached to each side loo wall ofeach of said retaining members and open at the bottom, a tension coilspring on each side of said retaining members and positioned Within saidtubular sockets, the ends of said coil springs being securely fastenedto the top of said tubular sockets.

In testimony whereof I afiix my si ture.

ARTHUR E. SORE SON.

